Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-09-23
BRIEFS.

,nnssold very low, at G. T. Hodges'
a. Il. St. John Shepherd has re-
49,, been granted patent for car
~ .r, indebted to Mr.. j. Q. A. Met
If Palmyra, Mo, for papers from
tbs. state.
, sbepherdstown Cornet Band in
holding a fair during the APP
ching Holidays.
Fleming has just returned from
with nice stock of furniture.
~ orders promptly filled.
an incendiary fire at Buckhannon
..ussL caused damage to the amount
I,syr,al thousand dollars.
r.. small boys are devoting their
'-, time to gathering walnuts, of
hf.b there is a good crop this year.
r.rsr's Opera House, said to be one
,,ts finest amusement halls in the
,.,s WI, formally opened last week.
THE farmers generally are busy cut
..,og corn. Some of them report a
,.- crop. while many say that the yield
i,,hou.
p the will of Col. Green b. Board,
r..s president Of the board of trustees of
p...o,e College, the college will re-
,,.ve $4,000.
v.a.e indebted to our friend Frank
r.... for a twin pumpkin. Frank is
a, only man we know of who has twins
DPare.
The building of the addition to Rein
r.-', ,chool-hOuSe is nearly completed,
1.-The school will be opened about the
f-Iof October.
DougIas Wood, a stonemason OF
Montgomery county, Nd, was acct
fsr,alIv drowned in the canal last
|. Monday morning.
Read the new advertisement of w. p.
Ir,IiIer this week. He has in COM
rrs.r stock Of fall goods which it will
nav you TO examine.
Mr.. Triggs, residing on the farm of
Dol. Francis Yates, had two sheep killed
and several injured. by dogs, few
nights ago.-SPbit.
The summer sojourners who have
leeaerjoying the beauties of Shepherds
town this season have nearly all return
el.o their city homes.
The atmosphere has been extremely
heavy with smoke this week. 1t is caus-
sIbv extensive fires in the mountains
near Mechanicstown, Md.
We are indebted to the Shenandoah
County Agricultural Society for an in
ri,a.On % attend their annual fair at
Woodstock, Va, October 4th to eth.
Mr.. Chas. W. Button has taken edito-
ga, control of the Roanoke Leader, in
place of Mr.. VIM. c. Elan. The paper
will be changed from independent to
Democratic.
". B. Evans, who has been teacher
Of lie colored school in Shepherdstown
Ir several years past, has been APP
4 .siulel teacher of the colOred school at
Reysrr, this State.
The Hamilton Hotel at Hagerstown is
nearing completion, and the contracts
Driis furnishings have been given out.
twill probably be opened in time for
,ae fair in October.
The new Trinity NJ. f. Church South,
Martinsburg, will be dedicated Octo-
r2l. Bishop Wilson, Rev. DR.. John
;. Martin and other distinguished min
i,lers will be present.
Mr.. J. F. Engle. of Charlestown, for
merly of this vicinity, was last week Ii
censel to practice law by the Supreme
Court Of this State. He passed very
ggli'ahle examination.
Reports from Charlestown say that
Major James Law. HoOif, President of
ite County Court, is in an extremely
critical condition, and his death is
looked for at any time.
Nr. !. y. TrusSell, the proprietor of
The Entier Hotel, has his card in this is
sue. The travelling public can be as
'lrci of excellent entertainment now
d, This well-known old hostelry.
y horse belonging to DR.. Butler be-
cane frightened while it was being
hi'chei to buggy last Monday and ran
away. Ii was soon stopped, but the
shafts OF the buggy were broken.
The ground is in frst-class order for
seeding in tins locality. The farmers
are about ready to begin. Many think
We2Gih Of September is the right time
70 start, and next Monday is that date.
Frank Wheeler and Tom Jenkins, two
coIorei boys, created disturbance in
'le Episcopal Church last Monday even
Ing They were arraigned before the
Mayor and each fined three dollars and
costs.
IF you don't see what you want ask
Tor it, is an old saving. We don't see
What we want, but we know what we
want We want about one thousand OF
our subscribers to call and pay their sub
,crption.
y sick man on his way from Green.
vile, Tennessee, to New York, died in
'car Of the Shenandoah Valley Rail
Toal AZ Roanoke last week. His re
mains were embalmed and sent on TO
New Yorr.
judging IRON the great quantities OF
fertilizer recently delivered by Mr..
Iowner Schley, agent for the Chesa-